Next time you want to pose a picture flashing a
peace sign and post it on Facebook, don’t-
unless you want to risk future identity theft.
Researchers at Japan’s National Institute of
Informatics (NII) recently learned that they
could copy fingerprints based on photos taken
by a digital camera positioned nine feet away
from the subject.

“Just by casually making a peace sign in front
of a camera, fingerprints can become widely
available,” Isao Echizen, NII researcher, told the
Sankei Shimbun newspaper. Echizen said in
another TV interview that fingerprint data can
easily be recreated if the person’s fingers are
in focus with strong lighting in a picture.

Fingerprint recognition technology is becoming
widely available lately. Computers and
smartphones now come with all sorts of
biometric technology that allow people to
unlock their devices or sign into bank accounts
by simply pressing their fingertip on the phone.
An example of this is Apple’s Touch ID on
iPhones.

The researchers at NII developed a fingerprint
anti-theft prevention substance that can obscure
and even produce false fingerprints into the
frame. So if peace sign identity-theft ever
becomes a huge issue, they’ll be ready to help
us out.

The peace sign is a very popular way to pose
for photos in Japan, which is why the
researchers decided to look into it specifically.
However, the photo lifting technique does not
require advanced technology and can be
applied on other common gestures such as
waving or giving a thumbs up.

This whole concept might appear to be the
plot if a CSI TV show, but it’s actually
happened before. In 2014, hackers were able to
fake Germany’s defense minister’s fingerprints
and unlock her phone by using photos of her
hands.

There was another case in replicating
fingerprints last summer when the Michigan
Police Department asked Michigan State
University researcher to help unlock a victim’s
phone.

The school used scans the police had on file
from a previous arrest to 3D print the
fingerprints, but they were struggling to find the
right conductive material to unlock the phone.
Many security experts will argue that biometrics
are safer than passwords that people create,
but unlike passwords, fingerprints can’t be
changed to new ones whenever they’re stolen.

Maybe politicians should start wearing gloves.

Source ::: http://www.praizeblog.com/2017/01/for-security-purposes-heres-why-you.html?m=0

Cc lalasticlala fynestboi ishilove ijebabe missyb3

kai.. oyinbo juju.. these white men are wonderful oo

Ok oo

Beht I like it na..

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Mrop:
Maybe politicians should start wearing gloves.

Hand gloves bawo? On top agbada?

Ah. Which one we go come do na.. War sign?

na wa o...anything man do dem must talk.
if u no do..dem must talk.
I just luv ma peace sign.
I'll keep sampling ma index n middle fingers together.

Respect to the developed countries where things work, where enable environment make u to reason well as human and not as people,where leaders lead and not looters, a place leaders think of the national development not his own generations endowment.

A place where change of leadership is not a do or die affairs,not like Africa that we av the pic below how can we develop?

Since we are not safe with d peace sign anymore maybe somebody should come up with d hate sign..to pose snap picture with ur own phone don turn wahala..

Hmm. Wu my finger print epp

Rubbish
Wat about fuc*k u sign
Wetin scientists go fit discover dis time

franklynsunny:
Rubbish
Wat about fuc*k u sign
Wetin scientists go fit discover dis time

Maybe you go fit give girl belle with the 4k you sign

Seriously serious

This simply means no technology is foolproof in terms of security. As long as it's man-made then it can be cracked.

Another thought is that when we Africans stop worrying about what to eat or the very basic necessities of life then we can advance in technology or research.

I am sure another research will come out debunking this

Eh let them take fingerprint since Bleep I wanted to give has just finished

Nice info

Na to dey flash war sign now o

Abeggi!! Identity thief for dis part of the world? Make una no dey post wetin no concern us abeg. We neva get our population right first not to talk of get records of the population before we com begin mention dna and fingerprint records. Most of our fingerprint no go show sef because of hardship

If you are afraid your finger print can be stolen from a piece-sign photo, then you should consider wearing gloves everywhere you go, cos your finger print is all over wherever you touch, door knob, purse, car door, desk e.t.c.

I personally hate fingerprint security for fear of loosing a finger to criminals

Kim was made for the pleasure of men

angelTI:
I am sure another research will come out debunking this

What research? This is not rocket science. If you can find a way to zoom a picture without losing clarity, then patterns can be copied off it. Furthermore, digital images are made up of binary numbers, so all sorts of information can be extracted from them.

Estharfabian...I dare you to upload your picture someday and see if I won't deduce info from it - everything from your ancestry to your favorite food.

Haute:


What research? This is not rocket science. If you can find a way to zoom a picture without losing clarity, then patterns can be copied off it. Furthermore, digital images are made up of binary numbers, so all sorts of information can be extracted from them.

Estharfabian...I dare you to upload your picture someday and see if I won't deduce info from it - everything from your ancestry to your favorite food.

Yeah bla bla bla its possible but oga you doing it ?get the Bleep outta here

Afobear:
Yeah bla bla bla its possible but oga you doing it ?get the Bleep outta here

I can't recollect inviting a dog to the party. You better stay on your lane mofo. You lack home training. *spits*

Haute:


I can't recollect inviting a dog to the party. You better stay on your lane mofo. You lack home training. *spits*

reserve that your acidic spittle for your mother who did a wrong job raising a deluded fellow thereby contributing to the decay of the society.callin me a dog just shows how much moral is saved in your moral bank reprobate

Maka why

Afobear:
reserve that your acidic spittle for your mother who did a wrong job raising a deluded fellow thereby contributing to the decay of the society.callin me a dog just shows how much moral is saved in your moral bank reprobate

Just shut up and go and die already, idiot. Stay the fucck on your lane. Is that so hard to understand?

Haute:


Just shut up and go and die already, idiot. Stay the fucck on your lane. Is that so hard to understand?

bst ,get busy and go look for your father

Including pictures taken with a phone with poor camera quality?

wao,this is wonderment.....